Former Gov. Sarah Palin issued a renewed demand to tap America’s oil supply, exclaiming Friday on her Facebook page, "Drill, Baby Drill!"
"It's time to say, 'Screw Arab oil. We're making America great again!' We've always led in oil, gas and mineral development innovation. Let's tap it," Palin, the 2008 vice-presidential running mate of John McCain, writes.
"Politics have kept us beholden to countries that do not like us and use energy as a weapon. It's a farce when President Obama and other progressives claim we're not reliant on those resources anymore. And a sicker farce is the claim we must go to war over oil."
Palin, a strong supporter of president-elect Donald Trump who is in favor of harnessing the nation’s natural energy sources, adds:
"Shut off foreign rulers' flow that has kept their peasants poor and terrorizingly desperate, and watch the world become a safer place.
"It's time to unleash the private sector on new refineries, rigs, pipelines, infrastructure, service provisions, etc... all basic needs for more responsible domestic extraction, and all leading to the USA boom our working class deserves."